Ready to Rise
Expanding Opportunities for All L.A. County Youth
Townhall Update Presented by: California Community Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation, Destiny Coaching and Imoyase
Speakers
Jai Phillips
California Community Foundation
Eric Wat
Destiny Coaching and Consulting
Stacey Urauchi Liberty Hill Foundation
Cynthia Azali-Rojas
Destiny Coaching and Consulting
Magdalena Mireles
Liberty Hill Foundation
Cheryl Grills
Imoyase Community Support Services
Overview of JJCPA Funding Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act* Established CA State juvenile justice funding source
*Passed in 2000
Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council
L.A. County Probation Department
Public-Private Partnership
Between Oversight Committee: Coordinates and administers California Community Develops a comprehensive the funds Foundation and Liberty Hill Multi-Agency Juvenile Foundation ➧ ➧ ➧ ➧ Justice Plan
Ready to Rise Grantees
The Vision Through grantmaking and technical assistance support, Ready to Rise will catalyze the growth of an L.A. County-wide youth development system made up of culturally-responsive, community-based services meant to connect young people to opportunities for civic engagement, wellness, and academic and professional enrichment.
Theory of Change
Youth Development Grantmaking
Capacity Building
• Expand services to support high-needs youth • Integrate a comprehensive youth development framework • Strengthen organizations to their work
Academic Support Workforce Development
Advocacy
Developmental Areas Program Features/Services
Cognitive & Academic
Environmental Factors Physical Health
Identity Mentorship
Community Leadership
Caretaker Support
Mental Health
SocioEmotional
Integrated Arts Education
Trauma Responsive Support
Restorative Justice
Transportation & Housing
Positive Youth Development Framework
Grantmaking Priorities
Service Type
Geography
Organizational Capacity
Population Served
Cohort 2
Cohort 1
A Place Called Home Amazing Grace Conservatory
Antelope Valley Partners for Health
Antelope Valley Boys & Girls Boys & Girls Club-San Fernando
California Conference for Equality and Justice
Cohort 1 Grantees
Bridge Builders Foundation
California Youth Connection
Central American Resource Center
Centro CHA Inc
Coalition To Abolish Slavery & Trafficking
Coalition for Engaged Education
Communities for a Better Environment
Community Coalition-Substance CDTech - Community Development Technologies
Cohort 2 Grantees
Good City Mentors Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) Homies Unidos Khmer Girls In Action
EmpowHer Institute
Koreatown Youth & Community Center
Flintridge Center
Learning Centers at Fairplex
Girls Club Los Angeles Inc
Mar Vista Family Center
InnerCity Struggle
Meztli Projects
Legacy LA
New Directions For Youth Inc
Long Beach BLAST (Better Learning for All Students Today)
New Village Girls Academy
Lost Angels Children's Project
Positive Results Corporation
Pops The Club
Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission
Safe Place for Youth
Reclaiming America's Communities through Empowerment
Southern California Crossroads
Sanctuary of Hope
Pasadena/Altadena Coalition of Transformative Leaders (PACTL)
Sharefest Community Dev Inc
Teens Exploring Technology
Stars: Illuminate, Educate, Advocate
Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural
The BUILD Program
Youth Emerging Stronger
The Learning Centers at Fairplex The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company United Friends of Children Youth Mentoring Connection
49 Grantees: Zip Codes Served
Capacity Building Support for community-based organizations that is customized and responsive to their needs. This includes access to experts, consultants, coaches, and trainers that will help organizations meet their own goals. Develops the skills, resources, and expertise to tackle and solve deep-rooted problems
Ensures organizations are positioned to sustainably and effectively deliver on their missions
Tailored and responsive to unique organizational needs
Strong Programs exist in strong organizations
Capacity Building Structure Invest in the talent and leadership capacity of community partners. Assessment
Individualized Capacity Building Plans/ Coaching
Cohort Based Training
Peer Learning & Networking
Capacity building = funding, coaching, training, and planning that helps nonprofits increase the specific capacities needed to deliver stronger programs, take risks, build connections, innovate and iterate.
R2R Annual Budgets to Date $13.0
$12.6 $0.90
$2.0
$3.5
$13.2 $3.5
Liberty Hill Allocation CCF Allocation Total Annual Allocation
$0.7
$7.2 $1.5
$6.69 $9.49
$9.70 $5.70
$2.30 Year 1 *In Millions of Dollars
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4 (Proposed)
Data Highlights
• Awarded $18,763,000 in grant funds as of Dec. 2021 • 34 orgs (or 69%) are BIPOC*-led • 100% (3/3) have gained independent nonprofit status • Over 640 hours of one-on-one coaching and training • Orgs serve 8 youth priority populations: • LGBTQ+ • Gender expansive • Justice-involved • Foster • Housing insecure • Alternative/ continuation school • Transition-aged • Gang-involved *BIPOC = Black, Indigenous and People of Color
Ready to Rise (R2R) Public Townhall Serving Youth with Community-Defined Evidence Practices (CDEPs) Imoyase Community Support Services January 12, 2022
Omar: A Tale of Two Approaches “I felt like I didn't have any hope anymore, I was behind a lot in school...”
CommunityDefined Evidence Practices
“Getting into the program helped me realize where I was at and gave me hope.” – R2R Youth
“There are no words to describe the feeling of being in [this Ready to Rise] program. Being surrounded by a respectful and comfortable community is the best feeling ever. You not only get to learn [this new skill] but learn more about yourself. You can do anything if you put your mind to it, especially with this program's support.” – R2R Youth
Our Approach to Positive Youth Development (PYD)… • Does NOT assume Western-centric approaches can be universally applied • Instead, we endeavor to develop a deeper understanding of community-defined evidence practices (CDEPs) which are grounded in community goals, values, and systems of meaning Shek et al. (2019)
Evaluation Approach and Method Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) • Use a set of evaluation techniques that privileges community voices • R2R Grantee input shifted focus from the “conventional” outcomes to community defined outcomes for youth of color -- 98% consensus among the 49 grantee organizations à relational ties is key outcome Community-Defined Positive Youth Development Priorities
Relation to Self
Relation to Others
Relation to Broader Community
Relation to Environment
Other
communication, leadership)
Identity
Relational / Communal / Collectivist
Responsibility to Community
Safety
Spirituality
Academic Improvement / Vocational Engagement
Hope / See a Future
Advisor
Empowermen t in Action
Stability
Self-Advocacy
Agency / Individual Empowerment
Individual Competencies Skills (i.e., life,
Healing Critical Consciousness [Designed & implemented using ethnic, cultural, spiritual, LGBTQ & other community-affirming approaches]
R2R Youth Served and Outcomes Data (July 2019 – June 2021; Year 2)
R2R Grantees served 13,750* Unique Youth! *Outlier Grantee contributed 2,229 Unique Youth
Who is R2R Serving? (Year 2) • The majority of R2R youth served are Latinx (62%) and Black (22%) Youth •
Increasing number of participants are also Asian & Pacific Islander American (7%), Native American (2%), or Indigenous (~1%) •
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Services are inclusive of Trans and Non-Binary Youth (2%)
R2R programs serve youth 11-24 years, most are high school age(52%) Priority population youth served– • Justice-Involved Youth (96%) • Gang-Involved Youth (92%) • LGBTQ+ Youth (96%) • Foster Youth (96%) • Youth Experiencing Homelessness (94%) • Transition-Age Youth (18-24 years)(94%) • Youth in Alternative/Continuation Schools (96%)
Youth Service Highlights
Top 4 Positive Youth Development Domains
Socio-Emotional Development (19%)
What services did youth receive? Program Touchpoints
604,918*
Academic Support & Tutoring (15%) A Place Called Home
Critical Consciousness (12%)
Case Management (14%)
Antelope Valley Boys and Girls Club
Communities for a Better Environment
*Outlier Grantee contributed 364,109 Touchpoints
Good City Mentors
COVID Services 69,134 additional Unique Youth Served
283,497 additional Touchpoints
Measuring Youth Outcomes Youth Relational and Goal-Based Outcome Questionnaire
What impact did services have on youth? Pre-and post-test survey that measures changes in 1) the number and quality of youth relational ties and 2) progress towards completion of their own self-identified goals
33 New Supports Added!
2021 Pilot (N=71 youth) – 7 grantees 5 months on average between pre and post
Post: 188 Supporters
Pre: 155 Supporters
= 5 supporters
Peers, Family, Other Adults
21% increase in the number of supportive ties Youth reported significant**** progress towards accomplishing their program-specific, self-defined goals Note: ****p<0.0001
Appreciating the Moment & Looking Ahead • The number of youth served – 82,884 Unique Youth and 888,415 Touchpoints Total • R2R’s value added • Community-driven • Culturally Grounded • Contextually Relevant • Reaches harder to reach youth • Youth served and other process data
70,240 standard seating 100,240 expanded seating
• Outcome data collection – using refined codes and youth and communitydefined outcomes • R2R making a contribution in the field of both CDEPs and CBPR
Thank You!
Imoyase (2022)
Capacity Building Cynthia Azali-Rojas Destiny Coaching and Consulting
Capacity Building Support During Covid-19
Facilitating Online Meetings Skills for online meeting facilitation and ways to increase engagement and participation in meetings.
Self-Care: A Community Approach Learned how personal wellness connects and contributes to community wellness.
Making Strategic Financial Decisions In A Crisis Learned about accessible tools and gained strategic advice to help navigate uncertain times through a financial lens,
April 16 All-Cohort Convening Grantees supported one another in the early weeks of the COVID-19 crisis sharing how they pivoted during lockdowns, and how they continued to support youth and their communities.
Grantee Partners
Aquil Basheer D.Litt
Roberta Shintani
Jennifer Quinones
BUILD Program
Coalition for Engaged Education
New Village Girls Academy
James Breedlove Bridge Builders Foundation
Systems Change Wins!
• Divestment in punitive measures to address youth behavior • Reduced contract compliance requirements for grantees • Upfront funding for grantmaking • Consistent budget allocations • Deidentified youth data • COVID Response Supports – MOU/Petition • Restructuring of Background Check approvals • Stronger governance within JJCC • Autonomy to develop “new measurements of success” • CCF and the evaluation consultants participate in countywide taskforce to develop better measurements
Questions?
Next JJCC Meeting January 19, 2022
Liberty Community Plaza (tentative) 14181 Telegraph Road Whittier, CA 90604 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.